Digital Technologies in Mandibular Pathology and Reconstruction
Modern surgical pathology of the head and neck has roots from the late 19th century, but the most significant leaps in diagnosis and treatment of these disease entities have rapidly…
Technological Advances in the Treatment of Facial Trauma
The management of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) traumatic injuries can be challenging. Adequately restoring a patient to a preinjurious state of form and function can at times be vexing, even for the…
Computer-Guided Planning and Placement of Dental Implants
The goal of dental implant therapy is the accurate and predictable restoration of a patient’s dentition. These goals are best achieved when all members of the surgical and restorative team…
Computer-Aided Manufacturing in Medicine
Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology is used to design and manufacture products using digital technologies. The term CAD/CAM implies that an engineer can use the system for designing a product…
Virtual Technologies in Dentoalveolar Evaluation and Surgery
This article addresses the use of CT and other imaging modalities in oral and maxillofacial surgery, with an emphasis on dentoalveolar surgery. In the 2005 issue of the Atlas of…
A Comparison of Maxillofacial CBCT and Medical CT
In 1972, the independent findings of Hounsfield and Cormack revolutionized diagnostic imaging with the invention of the computed tomography (CT) scanner . For the first time, practitioners had access to…
Digital Technologies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Gary Orentlicher, DMD, Guest Editor Those of us who have not been stranded on a desert island for the last two decades realize how computers and digital technologies have crept…
